Homeschool Journeys
Labor Day Activities
This Labor Day, provide class members with a variety of engaging worksheets offering games, word work, and more! Here, you'll find a game of tic-tac-toe, word puzzles, a coloring sheet, crafts, and vocabulary practice.
Education World
Labor Day
What is Labor Day, and why do we celebrate it? Find out using an online scavenger hunt in which pupils search one website to locate information and answer a series of five short-answer questions.
El Civics
Labor Day Vocabulary
As a brief Labor Day activity, hand out this matching worksheet. Twenty vocabulary terms related to the holiday are listed on the left side of the page. Learners match them with the phrases listed on the right side. Although it was...
Curated OER
Federal Holidays
Third graders complete various activities pertaining to Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, and Veteran's Day. They conduct research and complete writing and art activities on the...
Homeschool Journeys
Labor Day Challenge
Seven multiple choice questions review facts about Labor Day. Use this as a pre-assessment or quiz after a lesson on this special holiday as you teach it to your elementary classes.
Homeschool Journeys
Labor Day Alphabet Activity
After teaching about Labor Day, learners arrange seven related vocabulary terms in alphabetical order. Look up other Labor Day resources by the same publisher to increase the value of this holiday-related worksheet.
Global Oneness Project
A Day in the Life
We often see other countries depicted in movies, but getting a close look at a typical day in the life of a young person from another country isn't as common. Give your pupils such a look with a resource that helps class members explore,...
Federal Reserve Bank
Ten Mile Day
Get your class working on the railroad with this detailed and interactive lesson. After reading and discussing Ten Mile Day, learners explore division of labor, human capital, and productivity with a hands-on group activity in which they...
Curated OER
ESL Holiday Activity-Labor Day
Several resources are provided through this website about Labor Day. Elementary learners read two short paragraphs, then complete matching, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, spelling word scramble, ordering events, and survey...
Education World
Every-Day Edit: Labor Day
Elementary grammarians correct mistakes in a short paragraph about Labor Day. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, and grammar, to spelling. This would make a perfect seasonal activity to hand out at the beginning of the...
ESL Holiday Lessons
English Lesson Plan on Labor Day
Download a reading and have learners follow along on a transcript about Labor Day. A series of worksheets follow that include matching, filling in blanks, and unscrambling word spellings. An online multiple choice activity is also...
Curated OER
Labor Day
Students examine the events which led to the observance of Labor Day as a national holiday, and analyze the role of labor unions in American history, past and present, through a variety of activities.
Texas Center for Learning Disabilities
Chapter 10 Teacher Guide and Student Log
Intended to be used with the 10th chapter of Francesco D’Adamo’s novel, Iqbal, a novel about child labor. The 42-page packet of intervention materials is designed to improve the reading comprehension of learners with special needs. As...
Curated OER
Labor Day Newspaper
Students examine the history of the Labor Day holiday and write a newspaper article about it. They practice using new vocabulary words and discover the layout of a newspaper.
DocsTeach
Confronting Work Place Discrimination on the World War II Home Front
Before the Civil Rights Movement was in full swing, FDR's executive order helped promote fair employment. The activity uses primary documents to explore FDR's executive order to help minorities gain equal employment and pay during the...
Texas Center for Learning Disabilities
Chapter 15 Teacher Guide and Student Log
Following the routines established in the initial lessons in this series that uses Iqbal as a core text, kids complete their reading of Francesco D'Adamo's novel about child labor.
Curated OER
Grandparents Day: Make a Grand Connection!
Help your class celebrate National Grandparents Day by engaging in these special family activities!
Midland Independent School District
Celebrating National Holidays
There's more to holidays than just days off! Young historians explore the meaning behind national holidays in a five-part lesson plan. They focus on what holidays are and why they are celebrated, as well as learn the meaning of music in...
Texas Center for Learning Disabilities
Chapter 2 Teacher Guide and Student Log
A reading of the second chapter of Francesco D’Adamo’s historical novel, Iqbal, launches an investigation of child labor and child labor laws. In addition, class members are introduced to Level 3, Making Connections questions.
Curated OER
Grandparents Day
In this Grandparents Day activity worksheet, students use the 12 clues to identify the words needed to complete the crossword puzzle.
Education World
Every Day Edit - Iqbal Masih, Child Activist
In this everyday editing activity, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about child activist Iqbal Masih. The errors range from capitalization, punctuation, grammar, and spelling.
Curated OER
The Significance of Labor Day
Labor Day provides a way to introduce students to the issues of the labor movement.
Annenberg Foundation
The Progressives
The Progressive Era brought about a word that often leads to turmoil—change! Learners research the late 1800s in American history to uncover societal issues gripping the nation back in the day. The 15th lesson of a 22-part series...
Texas Center for Learning Disabilities
Chapter 6 Teacher Guide and Student Log
Is work that is safe for adults also safe for children? That is the question class members consider as they continue their reading of Francesco D’Adamo’s, Iqbal, a novel about child labor. Following the routines established in previous...